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Mount Shishaldin, Unimak Island
Mount Shishaldin is a volcano on Unimak Island that rises over 9,000 feet (2,800 m) directly from the Pacific Ocean and is the highest of several volcanos on the island, about 120 miles (194 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 24 miles (39 km) west-southwest of False Pass, Alaska.
Aniakchak Bay, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
Aniakchak Bay is on the Pacific coast of Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve that surrounds Mount Aniakchak, a caldera in the Aleutian Range, about 200 miles (323 km) southwest of Kodiak and 50 miles (81 km) northeast of Chignik, Alaska.
Katmai Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve
Katmai Bay is about 9 miles (14.5 km) across, located at the mouth of the Katmai River on the Shelikof Strait coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 93 miles (150 km) west-northwest of Kodiak and 77 miles (124 km) southeast of King Salmon, Alaska.
Gustavus, Icy Strait
Gustavus is a community on the north shore of Icy Strait, at the mouth of the Salmon River and across from Pleasant Island, about 48 miles (77 km) west-northwest of Juneau, and 28 miles (45 km) northeast of Elfin Cove, Alaska.
Cape Meares Lighthouse, Cape Meares
Cape Meares is the site of a historic lighthouse on a prominent headland that forms a high steep bluff on the south end of Tillamook Bay, about 48 miles (77 km) south of Astoria and 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of Tillamook, Oregon.
Hallo Bay, Katmai National Park and Preserve
Hallo Bay is a bight in Shelikof Strait on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 122 miles (197 km) southwest of Homer and 76 miles (123 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska.
Dangerous River, Brabazon Mountains
Dangerous River starts at Harlequin Lake in the Brabazon Mountains of the Fairweather Range and flows southwest for 16 miles (26 km) to the Gulf of Alaska, about 102 miles (165 km) northwest of Gustavus and 50 miles (81 km) southeast of Yakutat, Alaska.
Turner Glacier, Disenchantment Bay
Turner Glacier starts at an elevation of roughly 11,000 feet (3,353 m) on the eastern flank of Mount Cook in the Saint Elias Mountains and flows generally southeast for 21 miles (34 km) to Disenchantment Bay at the head of Yakutat Bay, about 214 miles (344 km) east-southeast of Cordova and 33 miles (53 km) north of Yakutat, Alaska.
Cape Spencer, Cross Sound
Cape Spencer is a prominent headland in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve marking the northern entrance to Cross Sound adjacent to an area with numerous offshore islets, rocks, and islands, one of which, near the entrance to Dicks Arm, is the site of a historic lighthouse, about 45 miles (73 km) northwest of Hoonah and 37 miles (60 km) southwest of Gustavus, Alaska.
Cape Disappointment, Columbia River
Cape Disappointment is a prominent headland and navigational landmark with a historic lighthouse on the north side of the Columbia River, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Astoria, and 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south of Ilwaco, Washington.
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